The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, December 14, 1904, Image 2
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XBUBLOW S. CARTER,
ED1TOU AND MANAUEU
r'SUCl) \VK1)N KSI>A V AN I) SA l l'ltl'AV
WEDNESDAY, DECKMI1KU 11. 1 ' 1
swuaonipnox pkp vem:
The ValuQ cf Farm n* L \n
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in Lancaster County.
Lancaster cor. The News and
Courier: "Small farms have advanced
in price 100 p? r cent and
largo plantations fully 25 per
ceut in the la.-.I tvv( ivo months,
replied Coi . L ri:; ;s, p '
sideut of L ;t.e i-u h ink, rail
road and cotton mills, to an inquiry
by your corses; ndtnt us
to his views on the pre- at v duo
of farming lands in tins conn
t j.
Mr. T. S. Carter, who is doing
a lino business as a :< il ? state
broker, gave r.lmo t id>mtioaliy
the same answer, the only didefence
being, Mr. Carter said that
the advance in the vain of large
? bodies of land was from 2.1 to 50
per cent.
The3o percentages ar borne
out by actual sales within tlie
last thirty days, of which there
have been an unprecedented
number, more plantations and
small farms cha; ..in., ban is
than ever before in tie* hi vy
of the county in a <. i. : length
of tilU3.
The mention of hut a f of
the many sal.v, sei ,-t
at random, will tdmv,* the phenomenal
advance in real estate
values. What is known as the
Little riace, six miles uortii of
town, containing 200 acres,
which was ho.; dit y< \r before
last for $10 on acre, sol I the
otuer day for $17 per ncr
Another 200-acre plantation,
five miles from here,ha iu-1 been
sold for $20 per cere. It could
have been bought three years
ago for half that price. An odor
of $40 an acre was refused 1 ist
week by the owner of a farm
nort.h of town which cost him
less than $10 per acre about ten
years ago. A young farmer
bought a small tract of land a
few miles from town last year
for $1,450. Ha declined'to take
$2,200 for it a day or so ago.?
The Jordan plantation, near
town, containing 581 acres, has
been sold at an advance of 200
per cent on its purchase price
some years ago.
But very little land, comparatively
speaking, h,:s boen sold at
public auction thus far this season.
The only notable sale was
that of the Bon E. Blacktnon
place, seven or eight miles east
of Lancaster, containing about
475 acres, which was sold salesday
in this month, as noted in
this correspondence at the time.
It brought, it will he remembered,
300 per cent more thau it
sold for at. private sale some
years ago.
Of course lands within a few
miles of town command hotter
prices than those at a distance
or in remote sections. The average
price of farming lands
throughout the whole county
is now from $10 to $15 per acre,
while a year ago it was from $5
$10.
t^The advance is confined altogether
to farming lands, there
being little or no change in the
valuo of town property, and is
due to good crops and good prices
for cotton.
If .Judge Parker had been elected
und his election had been foli
~ i i .. iU/. i *~ 4 u.
i'jwi'u uy liiu "i^ aiuiijji in mi'
prico of cotton that has followed
Koo 80 volt's e 1 C c t !01
the Republicans would bate
taklcd it and Mowed npout i until
oyory Democrat's tar- rum
would have been >re. it now
thoy are dumb. What's the u>*?
ter??YTaxhaw Enterp^"'* f
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Suicide liieory. Vs
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N i> ?ubi lint Hughes Killed
Hi-; KivniU and Himself.? All
K\idenco Indie-iles This.
(
Hi? State, 11 lb in.-l. woi
The horrible tragedy fit 1'ren* fro
ton \\ tdi.ofdnx imuning 1ms not dro
c< ns( d to I t- a subject of interoht ma
;1nd conversation all over the
State, and ihoto have boon niftny
inquiries for futlhci information. 1
.\ gentleman who has been in co](
I n iitcn ii re the < ecurrctico stat p(KS
< (J \ e-!( r?;a\ that the people of the p)u
community, lvluctant'y aw they tw.'
icceptcd the theory, now have nj.j
' u'.'l -it the extermination of \)(J\
i:i t :y as* ho work of B. 1> svlj
Huyt.e> i.ii'i dr. "From every mw
po^ i'.'o circumstance that haa |n |
been brought to light,'' eaid this
gentleman, "it is clearly shown
that it was a clear case of murder
and suicide to end all before ii II
>! 8011
nanci d embarrassment came on.
1'he position of the pistol and the ^
wour.d in ilughes' right temple '
p >iut to his self destruction, if
there had boon no other circnm- ,.
,x , . . thn
stances. On a closer examination
of the locks it was found that ^
o\try door leading to the house
was cither locked or bolted, bhow
ing that in one ceuld lmve escnped
from tho hou-c after the triple
i -..i 1)1 K
j murder was commttlo 1.
It in now stated that Hughes k
t had confided to some of his friends ^ 01
i that he was threatened with finan- ,n"
ein! troubles whicli ho considered ,u^
; beyond ids power to satisfactorily '
: tie h id told of his iotibiI- l'u>
ity l( sleep, and appealed more '
worried than the circumstances cor
seemed to his friends to warrant, mS
n* there were several sources from 1110
nhieh be could havo secured as - '1U<
8istnnco. it is most likely that l'a*
this trouble preyed upon his mind ,u *
until l.is brain snapped, as it were, tl()1
in a sudden lit of insanity the tor- in&
rible slaughter of his loved ones
was committed.
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Japanese Shelling The res
Town. ;!;
hot
11 i. V -it - IT 21 ?
tori xvruiwr is r>?ung neaviij
Damaged Naval Force
Said To lie Disabled ^
cer
Tokio. Dec. 12, 4 p. 111.? Tho (j
commander of tbo Japanese na- .
vnl land battery reporting today, ^
ilVs ahl
Fo r Russian battleship, two ^
cruisers, .>ne gunboat and one
torpedo storeship lying in Port ^ ,
Arthur ii >or ure completely
disabled. i hero is no further
?
necessity for bombarding tho ^
Russian naval foico.
"Arc now engaged shell nig the ^
town of Pert Arthur, which is ^
being heavily damaged."
^ J * assi
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? i no concmion or miss nor- Hgn
once Cinig. which has been very noo
serious for a week or longer, is gua
now much improved and yestor- ?' *
day her physician expressed the ^
opinion that there is a chance for
her recovery.? Hock Hill Her. ?r,
ort)
aid. mac!
Mr. A. F. Fundorbnrk's House T
in Chostai field Horned ('er
last Week. hi?
Klllt
on 1
News has been received in the woo
ity of the burn ng Tuesday night pare
>f the residence of Mr. A. FFun- he
derhurk at Dudley in Chester- i*10
;i> Id county. Mr. Fnnderburk
was in Noi thCarolinu at the
time and the:? wnn no one in the j
house, which was-totally destroy- my
ed Mr. Fundorburk is of the Mot
opinion that the lira was incendi- you
ary, as he had recently had some ~ !
trouble \ itli a ni-yri) about amnio
. i kite
. no itu negro will probably be ;mr
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arrested. ihelosjiof the house i00
boi^ o State.
Htippeoiugs in the State.
Chronicled by the Alert Co
spondtuts of The Colutnhii
State.
DIED OK HYDROPHOBIA.
/hestorfiold, Dec. 11. ? A ueg
man who lived about two mil
in town died last week of h
phobia, caused by the bite of
d dog about 21 days before.
NEGRO BOY SHOOTS FATHER.
jaurens, Dec. 9.?Sam Dunli
lll'Cll wna tllill iriifu I.n?i..iiu1
M i?V> UI1VI. I Wl J DUI I'FUai
isihly fatally, by his boy, Sa
nlap, aged 15, at his hon
> miles east of tho city hi
lit, as the result of a quart
ween the two. Ho was sh
I) a shotgun at closo rang
si of tho chargo taking effe
liis abdomen.
NAHTIFICIAL STONE BUILDING.
Summerton, Dec. 9.?A han
io new store has just bet
uplotcd for Capers A Co
iggist, and they aro now bu
ting iti shape in their nc
liters. Tho buikhag is sc.ui
ag new in this State, beit
do of artificial stone, compos
*an<l and Portland cement,
inong the first if not the firs
tie completed in tho State.
1> or SELF INFLICTED WOUND
hunter, Dec. 8.?Robert \\
rydied at It o'clock this nioi
at tho Mood-Osteen infirm
lo shot himselt in this city c
night of Nov 30 wlnlo undi
influence of whiskey. VVhi
iscious tiie day after tlio shoe
ho stated that ho did not r
?iher anything about it; that I
I been drinking for |>ever
rs more than ho ever did, nr
vhh done while iti this com
i. Ilo had no reason for shoe
himself.
KEPT THE CHANGE.
iock Hill, Doc 11 ? J B Smi
Chattonooga, Tenn., was n
tod and brought here yeste
/. Smith was a Keller of pi
oa and failed to return to t
110 of Mr O S Stevens with,tl
inge for a $10 bill which 11
vena hud given him during
naaction involving the sale i
tuin of Smith's pictures. I
>arted for Yorkvillo and then
the country, where a warm
nd him. Ho was also accour
c to vho city for selling goo
hout a license, but was ab
arrange his troubles satii
torily.
1URNED HIS WAY TO LIBERTY.
jreenville, Dec 9.?Alon:
ith, a negro who is wanted 1
authorities here on the charj
laving attempted to criminal
uilt a negro woman some wee!
, was arrested .Monday aftei
n at. Liberty and placed in tl
rd house to await the arriv
Sheriff Gilreath or a deputy.
i deputy was sent over yester
afternoon to bring the priio
>ack, l>ut on his arrival at Lil
r be found that tho neg-o hi
!e his aacape from the guai
ho by burning out.
ho officer who had Smith u
arrest neglected to go thrr uj
pockets carefully, with tho r<
that he loft several matclx
lis person. The building is
den structure, and it was con
itively an easy matter to bui
wood around the hinges t
floor and walk out.
AtPnblic Auction.
will soil at public auction i
homo near Knpp X Koads, c
iday, Doc. 10th, 1004, 2 fin
ng mules, 2 good milk Oowf
pendid buggies, 2 2-hors
jona, and all my household an
:hon furniture,also my farmin
diluents, and other thinf
numerous ,o mention.
M. Yarborough,
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For the n
J;g oin^ to
Right an<
;; Clothing,
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ed Our object in
u is to benefit the
goods for the le
slock as much a
we are going to
changes in stocl
part of building
are at present.
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have i
to make sue
in order to i
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h?; we ask is fo
i" our stock ai
r: - convinced.t
of 1
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before file s
[y, get the bes
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Shoes, et
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cutting prices fo
trade by giving
ast money. Als
s possible by tin
repair our bui
it by moving dry
_jiii<l groceries v
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it present and tl
h inducements t
make the goods
ess in what we
r you to come
id cut prices am
hat what we say
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them the best
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3 1st of J an., as
lding and make
r goods in lower
rhcrc dry goods
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o have to move
rOCK : :
hink it best
o the public
walk abou.
say and all
and inspect
d you will he
is true.
'educed and
remember
[>rt time.
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to nerve,
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